The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-04
DILLON FACES HIS FOES.
TIE TIMES EDITOR CALLED A BASE
AND COWARDLY LIAR.

Anxious to Proceed,
LONDON, May 3.--The home rule agita-
tion has been organized throughout the
west. The Earl of Rosebeiry is announced
to speak at Plymouth on May 20 in favor of
the movement. James StantSfeld, ex-
President of the Local Government Board,
win make a home rule speech at Newton
Abbott June g. Messrs Wolverton and
Sexton will speak at the meeting in favor of
the Gladstone policy at Exeter June II.
One Gladstone Liberal, Hon. Frederick
Stephen Archibald Hanbury Tracy, voted
with the government last night to enforce
the cloture rule Thirty-three Liberal
Unionists did likewise.
ABREACH OF PRIVILEGE.
Charles Edward Lewis, Conservative,
member for North Antrim, in the House
of Commons this afternoon called the
Houses attention to the breach of
in an article charging John Dillon
with having told q falsehood in his denial of
completely with Sheridan In this article
! the Times declares that ''Mr. Dillon, in his
| denial, had presented to Parliament tissue
| Of fiction he had never taken the trouble to
| examine. Sheridan was simultaneously an
organizer of murderous associations and a
L
| tional agitations. Mr.. Dillon" the Times
| continues, ''honever convenient his memory,
can hardly have succeeded in entirely forget
| ting their personal relations. What con-
| fidence can now be reposed i'll his disclaimers
| which show the best of the Parnellite party
| to be destitute of that quality which English
men prize above all others, an indispensable
| foundation of charactcrp
AN INQUIRY MOVED.
| Mr.. Lewis continued as follows. ''Those
wholesale charges of lying against Mr.
| lege move that the House take notice OF
| them"
Philip Albert Muntz, another Conserva-
! tive seconded Mr. Lewis motion.
| Speaker Peel. answering Mr.. Dillon, said
that if the House decided that the article
| quoted was a breach of privilege a motion
| could be made calling the offenders to the
| bar to answer for their conduct
W. H. Smith, First Lord of the Treasury,
on behalf of the government, moved that
| the House adjourn in order that Questions
Of fact might be argued.
DILLoN's FIERY oUTBURsT.
| Mr.. Dillon said he desired to have the
| question brought to an issue right off. He
| denied the right of Mr.. Lewis taking the
| course of putting him on the defensive until
his accuser was brought to the bar of the
House When the publisher of the Times
stood at the bar he (Mr Dillon) would prove
him as base and cowardly a liar as ever
existed. [Parnellite cheers
| Mr. Sexton said the Irish party had been
| challenged much lately, and been tainted
| with not taking up the challenge Now they
| took it up and insisted upon an inquiry by
the House. [Parnellite cheers. The House
should let assailed members have an inquiry
| by committee Them said Mr. Sexton,
1 lat ar1 hoff
of forgers and liars. The Irish members
will prove that they have been subjected to
a system of moral assassination. They will
be able to fully justify themselves" [Par-
nellite cheers.l
| SIR HARCoURr POINTS OUT THE AIN.
| Sir William Vernon Harcourt said that
| though ostensibly Mr. Lewis motion was
| against the Times, it was in reality raised
| for the purpose of attacking Nh Dillon and
was a covert method of accusation by one
| section of the members of the House against
another. Yet when the Irish members
asked for an instant opportunity OF meeting
| the charges, 1t was sought by the govern
ment to adjourn the House.
Mr. Holmes, Attorney General for Ire
| land denied that the motion was made with
| the connivance of the government. He had
never heard of the molten until it was
| made. On behalf of the government he
debate for party purposes.
| THE TIIlE TOO SHORT.
eff the publisher of the Times was at
| once called TO the bar of the House, the
| House would be unable TO hear evidence in
| support of the charge and would be re-
quired to decide the question oif-handed. !"
| ICheers.1
Mr. Gladstone opposed the motion to adj
| iourn. He said Mr.. Dillon had been charged
4 LII. g,I. - /
| while addressing the House. If anything
constituted a breach of privilege this was
| breach. The parties accused demanded a
| triGl 1t was impossible that the House
could resist this demand.
| 1t had always been the custom for the
| House to proceed to deal without delay with
motions relating TO breach of privilege,
| and afterward, i'll special cases, appointing
select committee of inquiry
! A division was then taken on the motion
| to adjourn, resulting in vote of 2l3 i'll favor
| Of the motion and IA against it,
| Mr. Smith moved that on Thursday the
| House resume consideration of thc question.
| Mr. Sexton moved that ii be taken up to-
morrow.
Mr. Dillon demanded to know whether
| the editor of the Times would be brought TO
| the bar of the House.
| Mr. Smith could only say that the usual
course would be followed. 1t was then
agreed 70 take the question up again TO-
! morrow.
ALL ~ DOUBT.
The close Of Jo-aight's debate in the House
of Commons on the breach of privileges left
ali sides in doubt as TO to-norrows develop
ments. Mi. Lewis brought forward the
question against the advise of the Couserva-
| tive whips, who warned him that it might
lead to great delay in tho progress OF the
! crimes bill. Tho Ministerialists would like
to have committee Of inquiry appointed
but foreseeing that the debate would
| block the crimes bill, they are
ready to LET tho question drop. The
| Ministers had conference tonight with
| Attorney General Webster and Solicitor
| Clark on the question whether the govern
mont could declare tomorrow that there
had been no breach, and that tho matter
| therefore was at an end lf Mr.. Smith
should announce that no breach OF privilege
has occurred, Mr.. Gladstone is expected 10
| appeal to the Speaker tn decide 20 the con-
tr;li-y and order that the publisher of the
| Times must avow his error and apologize.
| Whatever happens the ParnelhJcs feel con-
| fident OF scoring triumph.
| A UNIoNIsr MASS MEETING.
A mass meeting OF Unionists was held at
/ Sc. James Hall this morning. Admission
was by ticket only. Home rulers were eS-
cluded Maj Saunderson, speaking on
the resolution affirming the necessity of a